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Chris, thank you for replying. I agreed about writing CSS myself, it will help me in the long run. Many thanks, richard

--- Andy, thank you for replying. I am not up to speed with php, and can only write basic html sites containing contact forms etc in dreameaver which look fine, but when it comes to php and sql I've never touched on this. I will need to be able to import product details from excel and images. I was trying to find an off the shelf product such as a module because of my skill set. Any suggestions? Richard.

I need to find a quote module to bolt onto a dreamweaver based website or new complete package (have looked at xcart). I would like to add multi products to a basket and send the details to me via email with no pricing as the industry is niche and pricing changes on product design, steel pricing. Client will be quoted afterwards. I haven't been able to find a quote module which is any good and I am struggling to find people whom can talk about this. your help would be great, richard

Hi, Re:Drop down menu not aligning in IE 8 . Mozilla OK I have inserted a horizontal menu bar with one submenu. This works fine in chrome and mozilla but not in IE8. The dropdown submenu has 9 lines. In IE8 the vertical 9 lines are moved to the right into 3 columns of 3 lines with the outside border overflowing to the right. Please see below my css script. Abit messy but i have just started. Any help would be great. ------ @charset "UTF-8"; /* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */ /* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */ /******************************************************************************* LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order *******************************************************************************/ /* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal { margin: 0; list-style-type: none; font-size: 100%; cursor: default; } /* SET PADDING FOR TOP MENU BAR FROM LEFT. Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */ ul.MenuBarActive { z-index: 1000; } /* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal li { list-style-type: none; font-size: 100%; position: relative; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; } /* SET WIDTH TO AUTO FOR TOP MENU TEXT ALIGN, THEN PAD WITH HORIZONTAL a . SUBMENU LEFT PADDING DONE FROM NEW "ul.MenuBarHorizontal li ul li a" .Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; font-size: 100%; z-index: 1020; cursor: default; position: absolute; left: -1000em; } /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible { left: auto; } /* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li { width: 17em; background-color: #; } /* SUBMENUS COLOUR (NON HOVER) AND WIDTH - colour for submenu bg and sub menu width. should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul { position: relative; width: 10em; margin-top: 0%; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 100%; } /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible { left: auto; top: 0; } /******************************************************************************* DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts *******************************************************************************/ /* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul { border: 1px solid #CCC; } /* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal a { display: block; cursor: pointer; color: #FFF; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; background-position: right center; padding-top: 14px; padding-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0.5em; height: 25px; background-image: url(../images/topmenugreybutton.png); } /* OK.TOPMENU BG COLOUR(NON SUBMENU OR HOVER STATE), ul.MenuBarHorizontal a = sets TOPMENU COLOUR AND TEXT, PADDING etc */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus { color: #FFF; background-color: #F00; background-image: url(../images/SUBmenuyellow.png); } /* TOP MENU HOVER (ALSO SET BELOW UL.),BORDERS, Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible { color: #333; background-image: url(../images/SUBmenuyellow.png); } /******************************************************************************* BG AND TEXT COLOUR FOR MOUSE OVER FOR TOP MENU AND SUBMENU *******************************************************************************/ /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu { background-position: right center; background-image: url(../images/topmenugreybutton.png); } /* COLOUR FOR TOP MENU (NON HOVER STATE) CONTAINING A SUBMENU -Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu { background-position: 95% 50%; } /* OK, TOP MENU HOVER CONTAINING SUB MENU - Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover { background-position: 95% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; background-image: url(../images/SUBmenuyellow.png); } /* TOP LEVEL HOVER FOR IETMS WITH SUBMENU -Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover { background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 95% 50%; background-color: #00F; } /******************************************************************************* BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert *******************************************************************************/ /* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe { position: absolute; z-index: 1010; filter:alpha(opacity:0.1); } /* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */ @media screen, projection { ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE { display: inline; f\loat: left; background: #FFF; } } ul.MenuBarHorizontal li ul li a { color: #666; margin-left: 0px; border-right-style: none; background-image: url(../images/LIGHTGREYbutton.png); height: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; font-size: 11px; border-bottom-style: none; } /* OK, SUBMENU COLOUR ((WITH IMAGE) IN NON HOVER STATE, LINE HEIGHT, PAD TEXT 6PX AT BOTTOM*/ ------- Regards, Richard.

Hi Rob, I have used dreamweaver CS4 for the last year for basic websites. However I now would like to build a catalog site showing just products with "Add to quote" or "request information". I will have about a 1000 products. Do you know or any good books for designing online catalogs in dreamweaver or do you think it would be best to use a different software for this? There are many online catalog builders but they all look unprofessional. p.s. I don't really have must knowledge of php / mysql. your help would be much appreciated. Richard.

Hi all, This is my first time on here so hopefully you professionals can shed some light on "quote request" options for products. Add Products to QUOTE module or solution requested I am after: 1. A shopping cart layout with multi products(2000+). 2. Product: "Add to quote" option in the form of button. There will be no pricing at the momement for each product. 3. Simple / quick "Send quote request" for all products. Extra information from client needed = Company Name, User Name, Email, Address, Tel etc. 4. I would then contact the client to quote the products via email or phone. I have seen a few modules for xcart which just don't seem good enough. If you can send me some feed back that would be great! Many thanks, Richard.